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MAN  UAL 


OF  THE 

RESBYTERIAN  +  ThURCH 


Canton,  Illinois. 


March .  1882. 


CANTON,  ILL.: 

C.  E.  SNIVEL Y,  STEAM  PRINTER. 


*.*.  S —  C.L. 


ILL. 

^*5.\  .  H 

OFFICERS. 


Rev.  A.  R.  MATHES,  Pastor. 

Residence,  Parsonage ,  Corner  Jones  and  Walnut  Sts. 


RULING  ELDERS: 

JOHN  BLACKADORE.  J.  C.  RODENBAUGH. 

R.  C.  CULTON.  SAMUEL  BREARLEY. 

J.  W.  PROCTOR.  R.  B.  STEVENSON. 

OSCAR  VOORHEES. 

DEACONS: 

A.  C.  MOORE.  GEORGE  NAGEL. 

H.  M.  KLINE.  JOHN  WOLF. 

BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES: 

T.  H.  MOORE.  A.  C.  MOORE. 

C.  C.  DEWEY.  G.  BARRERE. 

H.  M.  KLINE. 

TREASURER: 

H.  M.  KLINE. 


Applications  for  peivs  may  be  made  to  either 
of  the  Deacons ,  and  to  the  Treasurer. 


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Officers  of  Sabbath  School. 

Superintendent — J.  W.  Proctor. 

Assist  a  n  t-Superi  ntendent — O.  Y  oorhees. 

Sec  ret  a  ry — W.  Haynes. 

Librarians— J .  Blackadore,  Jr.,  Frank  Suydam. 


Ladies’  Missionary  Society. 


Mrs.  A.  R.  Mathes . President 

Mrs.  N.  S.  Wright . Vice-President 

Miss  Annie  Brearley . Secretary 

Miss  Mary  Blackadore . Treasurer 


Memoranda. 


The  Church  services  on  the  Sabbath,  at  11  o’clock 
a.  m.  ;  in  winter  months  at  7  p.  m.;  summer,  7.30  p.  m. 
the  change  usually  occurring  in  May  and  November. 

Weekly  Prayer  Meeting  Wednesday  evening,  at  7.30 
o’clock. 

Sabbath  School  at  9.30  a.  m. 

Woman’s  Missionary  Meeting,  first  Wednesday  of 
each  month,  at  3  o’clock  p.  m. 

The  Pastor  will  receive  calls  at  his  residence  every 

afternoon.  Calls  for  religious  conversation  will  be 

welcomed  at  anv  time.  Come! 

«/ 

It  is  earnestly  requested  that  members  of  the  Church 
desiring  Pastoral  attention  in  their  homes,  as  in  the 
case  of  affliction  or  religious  inquiry,  will  at  once 
communicate  with  the  Pastor.  He  will  always  re¬ 
spond  promptly  to  such  requests.  Do  not  regard 
such  calls  impositions. 


Historical  Note. 


The  First  Presbyterian  Church  in  Fulton  County, 
Illinois,  was  organized  September  13th,  1828,  at  Can¬ 
ton,  Illinois.  The  Rev.  John  M.  Ellis  presided,  and 
preached  the  sermon  on  the  occasion  from  2d  Samuel, 
6th  chapter  and  lltli  verse.  The  Church  consisted  of 
the  following  persons;  Nathan  Jones,  Samuel  Mal¬ 
lory,  William  Proctor,  Robert  Grant,  Jane  Grant,  Ma¬ 
tilda  Jones  and  Elizabeth  Jacobs. 

The  following  day,  Nathan  Jones,  Samuel  Mallory 

and  William  Proctor  were  chosen  ruling  Elders.  On 

the  16th  of  September— two  days  after,  Mrs.  Laura 

Proctor  and  Miss  Emily  Phelps  were  received  into 

the  Church  at  Lewistown,  and  the  children  of  William 

and  Laura  Proctor  were  baptized.  Of  these  children, 

two,  Mrs.  R.  B.  Stevenson  and  J.  W.  Proctor,  Esq., 

are  now  members  of  the  Canton  Church.  Miss  Emilv 

•/ 

Phelps  afterwards  married  Mr.  Joel  Wright,  of  Can¬ 
ton,  and  died - -,  in  the  communion  of  the  Congre¬ 

gational  Church  of  Canton. 

The  original  Church  was  made  up  of  members  from 
the  villages  of  Canton  and  Lewistown,  and  services 
were  held  alternately  at  each  place. 

On  the  10th  dav  of  Januarv,  1836,  all  the  members 
living  in  or  near  Lewistown,  were  dismissed  to  form  a 
Church  at  that  place. 

On  the  14th  of  July,  1838,  the  Canton  Church  was 
divided— a  part  going  with  the  Old  School  and  a  part 


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with  the  New  School  Presbyterian  Church  of  the 
United  States. 

The  members  remaining  with  the  Old  School  wing, 
were  as  follows: 


Alex.  R.  McPheeters, 
Elizabeth  McPheeters, 
Mary  McPheeters, 
John  McPheeters, 
Win,  McPheeters, 
Mary  McPheeters, 
Sam’l  Warnock, 

Marv  Warnock, 
Rebecca  Henderson, 


J ulia  Kelley, 

Martha  J.  Warnock, 
Joseph  M.  Kelso, 

Robert  C.  Cult  on, 

Marv  Ann  Culton, 

John  Culton, 

Abagail  Culton, 

Archibald  Henderson, 
Elizabeth  Henderson, 
James  McPheeters. 

The  Session  consisted  of  James  McPheeters,  Rob’t 
Taylor  and  Minor  Sherwood. 

Two  years  after  this,  a  call  was  made  to  Rev.  S.  C. 
McCune,  to  become  Pastor  of  the  Church,  and  he  was 
installed  Pastor  Saturday,  September  5th,  1840. 

Mr.  McCune  continued  pastor  until  the  spring 
of  1851.  There  wrere  added  to  the  Church  during  his 
pastorate,  on  examination  and  certificate,  ninety-five 
members. 

The  Rev.  Isaac  Bennett  was  invited  to  supply  the 
Church,  and  entered  on  his  labors  December  14th, 
1851.  Mr.  Bennett  continued  to  labor  with  the  Church 
until  his  death,  on  the  16th  day  of  June,  1856. 

The  following  ministers  served  the  Church  in  this 
order: 

Rev.  Geo.  Stebbins,  six  months,  from  October,  1856. 

Rev.  J.  V.  Dodge,  six  months,  from  May  24,  1859. 

Rev.  John  Cochran,  ten  months,  from  Nov.  6,  1859. 

Rev.  S.  M.  Crissman,  sixteen  months,  from  August 


2,  1863. 

Rev.  Carson  Reed,  three  and  a  half  years,  from  Jan¬ 
uary  18,  1865. 

Rev.  Josiah  Moore, - September  4,  1868. 


MANUAL. 


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The  Rev.  S.  C.  McCune  was  recalled  to  the  pastor¬ 
ate  July  6,  1873,  installed  September  30.  Mr.  McCune 
was  the  first  pastor  of  the  Church,  and  the  Canton 
Church  was  his  first  charge. 

Mr.  McCune  resigned  the  charge  in  March,  1880, 
and  removed  to  Oskaloosa,  Iowa. 

The  Rev.  A.  R.  Mathes  became  the  supply  of  the 
Church  in  May,  1880;  was  elected  Pastor  in  August 
following,  and  installed  the  19th  of  October.  At  this 
writing,  March,  1882,  remains  Pastor. 

The  first  church  building  was  erected  in  1832,  and 
occupied  until  January,  1870,  when  the  present  struct¬ 
ure  was  dedicated  to  the  service  of  God. 


ZF’O^IL/E  THE 

Administration  of  the  Sacrament  of 

baptism 

OF  THE 

CANTON  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 


Baptism  was  instituted  by  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
the  Great  Head  of  the  Church,  to  be  a  seal  of  the  cov¬ 
enant  of  grace,  and  the  ordinance  of  admission  to  a 
visible  standing  in  his  Church.  It  does  not  create, 
but  simply  declares  the  fact  of  which  it  is  the  symbol. 
The  water  in  this  ordinance  implies  guilt  and  pollu¬ 
tion;  and  represents  to  us  justification  by  the  blood  of 
Christ,  and  regeneration  and  sanctification  by  his 


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Spirit.  But  you  are  not  to  conclude  that  this,  or  any 
outward  ordinance  whatever,  will  be  sufficient  for  the 
salvation  of  the  soul;  it  is  the  blood  of  Christ  alone 
that  cleanseth  from  all  sin,  and  to  this  you  are  ex¬ 
horted  ever  to  look  for  vour  own  salvation,  and  that 
of  your  children.  If  it  should  please  God  to  spare 
your  lives,  and  the  life  of  your  child,  until  it  comes  to 
years  capable  of  receiving  instruction,  it  will  be  your 
duty  to  teach  it,  or  cause  it  to  be  taught  to  read  God’s 
holy  word;  to  instruct  it  in  the  great  principles  of  the 
Christian  religion,  of  which  there  is  an  excellent  sum- 

marv  in  the  Confession  of  Faith  and  Catechisms  of 
•/ 

our  Church,  which  are  recommended  to  you  for  your 
own  perusal,  and  to  be  diligently  taught  your  child; 
to  pray  for  it  and  with  it;  to  set  the  example  of  piety 
and  godliness  before  it;  and  by  all  the  means  of  God’s 
appointment  to  bring  it  up  in  the  nurture  and  admo¬ 
nition  of  the  Lord.  These  duties,  or  whatever  you 
are  convinced,  or  shall  be  convinced  from  the  word  of 
God,  to  be  binding  on  you  as  Christian  parents,  you 
do  promise  and  covenant,  in  the  presence  of  God  and 
his  Church,  that  as  God  shall  give  you  strength  you 
will  endeavor  to  perform  and  do. 

[Here  the  parents  bow  assent.] 


Public  Admission  of  all  Members 

TO  FULL  COMMUNION 
IN  THE 

CANTON  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 


[The  Members  received  on  Examination  will  arise  and  make 

their  public  profession.] 

Do  you  believe  in  one  only  living  and  true  God,  in- 


MANUAL. 


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finitely  excellent  and  glorious;  and  that  there  is  a 
trinity  of  persons,  the  Father,  the  Son  and  the  Spirit, 
in  this  divine  essence?  Do  you  believe  in  the  Script¬ 
ures  of  the  Old  and  New  Testaments  as  the  word  of 
God,  the  only  infallible  rule  of  faith  and  practice?  Do 
you  believe  you  are  sinners,  and  as  such  deserve  the 
wrath  of  God  forever?  Do  you  believe  in  Jesus 
Christ  as  the  Savior  of  sinners,  the  only  mediator  be¬ 
tween  God  and  man?  Do  vou  believe  in  the  neces- 

t/ 

sity  of  the  renewing  and  sanctifying  operations  of  the 
Holv  Ghost,  and  that  vou  must  be  holy,  in  order  to  be 
happy?  Do  you  believe  in  the  resurrection  of  the 
dead,  in  a  general  judgment  and  the  life  everlasting? 

[Here  the  Candidates  bow  assent.  Baptism  administered.] 

And  now  do  you  take  this  God — the  Father,  to  be 
your  Father— the  Son  to  be  vour  Saviour— and  the 
Spirit  to  be  your  Sanctifier;  and  do  you  receive  these 
Scriptures  as  the  rule  of  your  faith  and  practice?  Do 
you,  as  far  as  you  know  your  own  heart,  unfeignedly 
repent  of  all  your  sins;  and  look  and  trust  for  salva¬ 
tion  to  the  righteousness  of  Christ,  received  by  faith 
in  him?  Do  you  engage  to  walk  with  God  in  the  ways 
of  new  obedience?  Do  you  promise  subjection  in  the 
Lord,  to  the  constituted  authority  of  this  Church,  and 
to  walk  in  brotherly  love  with  its  members?  And  do 
you  engage  to  be  diligent  in  the  use  of  the  means  of 
grace,  such  as  reading  the  Scriptures,  prayer,  self-ex¬ 
amination,  and  attendance  on  the  public  worship  and 
ordinances  of  God’s  house?  And  thus,  through  the 
grace  of  God,  strengthening  you,  you  engage  to  act 
until  death? 

[Here  the  Candidates  bow  assent.] 

[The  Members  received  on  Certificates  will  also  arise  and  make 

their  Profession.] 

And  do  you,  also,  Christian  friends,  hereby  signify 
your  sincere  desire  to  be  united  with  this  branch  of 
the  Church  of  Christ,  in  the  work  and  hope  of  the  gos- 


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MANUAL. 


pel;  and  on  your  part  promise  through  the  Divine  as¬ 
sistance  to  aid  in  promoting  the  glory  of  God  and  the 
Spirituality  of  this  Church:  to  seek  the  peace  and  ed¬ 
ification  of  its  members;  and  cheerfully  submit  to,  and 
assist  in  maintaining  its  government  and  discipline? 

[Candidates  bow  assent.] 

[Here  the  Church  will  rise.] 

The  Miuister  then  addresses  those  received  on  Examination 
and  Certificate  Conjointly,  as  follows.] 

We  the  officers  and  members  of  this  Church,  do  af¬ 
fectionately  publicly  welcome  you,  and  in  the  name  of 
the  Lord  -Jesus  Christ,  declare  you  entitled  to  its 
rights  and  privileges.  We  welcome  you  to  this  fellow¬ 
ship  with  us  in  the  blessings  and  labors  of  the  gospel; 
and  on  our  part  engage  to  watch  over  you  and  seek 
your  edification. 

And  now,  beloved  in  the  Lord,  let  it  be  impressed 
on  your  minds  that  vou  have  entered  into  a  solemn 
and  unchangeable  covenant.  You  have  unalterably 
committed  yourselves,  and  you  must  be,  as  we  trust 
you  will  desire  to  be,  the  servants  of  God.  Remember, 
you  walk  in  the  presence  of  God,  whose  eyes  are  ever 
upon  you,  and  to  whom  vou  must  render  your  account. 
Remember,  the  eyes  of  the  world  are  upon  you,  and 
as  you  deport  yourselves,  so  will  religion  be  honored 
or  disgraced.  If  you  live  according  to  the  rules  of 
the  gospel,  you  will  be  a  credit  and  comfort  to  us,  but 
if  otherwise,  you  will  be  to  us  a  grief  of  heart,  and  to 
others  a  stone  of  stumbling  and  a  rock  of  offence. 

Follow,  then,  we  pray  you,  righteousness,  godliness, 
faith,  love,  patience,  meekness.  Fight  the  good  fight 
of  faith,  lay  hold  on  eternal  life  whereunto  vou  are 
also  called,  and  have  professed  a  good  profession  be¬ 
fore  many  witnesses.  And  may  the  God  of  all  grace 
who  hath  called  us  unto  his  eternal  glory  by  Jesus 
Christ,  after  ye  have  suffered  awhile,  make  you  per¬ 
fect,  establish,  strengthen,  settle  you;  and  at  last 


MANUAL/. 


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gather  ns  all  from  these  scenes  of  trial  and  conflict, 
into  the  Church  triumphant,  where  our  communion 
and  joy  will  be  perfected  forever.  Amen. 


Members  removing  from  the  bounds  of  this  church 
are  requested  to  procure  Certificates  of  Dismission, 
and  promptly  identify  themselves  with  the  Churches 
in  the  places  to  which  they  remove.  No  Certificate  of 
Dismission  is  valid  for  more  than  one  year;  except 
where  there  has  been  no  opportunity  of  presenting  it 
to  a  Church.  Members  dismissed  are  under  the  care 
and  subject  to  the  discipline  of  the  Church  dismissing 
them,  until  received  by  the  Church  to  wThich  they  are 
dismissed. 

Members  of  the  Church,  who  are  habitually  absent 
from  the  stated  religious  services,  and  especially  the 
administration  of  the  Lord’s  Supper,  are  subjects  of 
discipline, — liable  to  suspension  and  excommunication, 
except  when  their  absence  is  strictly  providential. 

The  Sacrament  of  the  Lord’s  Supper  is  observed  by 
this  Church  the  second  Sabbath  in  January,  April, 
J uly  and  October. 


Pastoral  Letter. 


Dearly  Beloved: — While  vour  homes  resound 

•/ 

'with  joy  and  fond  wfishes  for  1882,  your  Pastor  must 
add  his  Greeting  to  you  all.  “The  Lord  that  made 
Heaven  and  Earth,  bless  thee  out  of  Zion.”  The  year 
closed  has  only  I  trust,  united  our  hearts  more  firmly 
in  the  fellowship  of  love.  Blessings  innumerable  have 
been  poured  into  our  lap  till  our  life  may  be  called  a 
doxologv.  To  home  and  Church  the  hand  of  the  Lord 
has  kindly  added  his  benediction  and  peace.  Troub- 


12  PASTORAL  LETTER. 

les,  sickness,  bereavements  we  have  had.  Yet  never 
so  dark  the  cloud  but  the  shining  of  the  light  of  God 
was  seen  beyond.  He  has  been  kind,  faithful  and  true 
to  us  all.  He  has  caused  the  fields  and  the  flocks  to 
yield  their  increase.  The  shop,  store  and  office  have 
returned  the  reward  of  diligence.  Pestilence  has  not 
come  nigh  our  dwellings.  He  has  been  with  us  in  the 
home,  the  prayer  circle  and  in  the  assembly  on  the 
Sabbath  and  breathed  His  blessing.  Some  of  us  may 
not  be  able  to  join  in  all  these  words  because  the  dark 
shadow  has  fallen  across  our  home.  Sorrow  has  been 
mingled  with  our  cup.  Yet  let  the  words  of  promise 
spoken  by  our  Saviour  keep  our  hearts  “in  the  swell¬ 
ings  of  Jordan;”  “I  will  not  leave  thee  nor  forsake 
thee.”  “My  grace  is  sufficient  for  thee.” 

We  enter  the  year  that  opens  before  us  with  thanks¬ 
giving.  The  heart’s  desire  of  your  Pastor  is,  that  it 
may  be  a  year  full  of  blessing  to  you.  Especially  may 
it  be  a  year  of  the  right  hand  of  the  Lord,  when  your 
soul  shall  be  blessed  in  all  spiritual  good.  May  we 
be  a  happy  family  in  the  bonds  of  brotherly  love;  ever 
developing  the  graces  of  our  Lord;  zealous  for  His 
cause.  We  are  His  disciples.  He  sends  us  into  His 
vineyard  to  work.  Brethren,  let  us  see  that  we  are  so 
familiar  with  our  commission  as  not  to  be  at  a  loss 
anywhere.  Let  us  begin  this  New  Year  with  renewed 
consecration  to  the  Blessed  Master.  Then  be  constant 
upon  the  service  of  God’s  worship.  “Remember  the 
Sabbath  dav  to  keep  it  holv.”  Find  vour  wav  to  the 
prayer  meeting  each  Wednesday  evening.  It  is  here 
you  may  find  the  Lord  you  love.  Seek  to  labor  in  the 
Sabbath  School  and  lead  the  children  to  Jesus  Christ. 

To  the  fathers  and  mothers  of  our  number  who  are 
“well  stricken  in  years,”  we  give  a  special  Greeting. 
Your  Pastor  would  sympathize  with  you  in  all  your 
infirmities.  It  will  give  him  special  pleasure  to  see 
you  in  the  house  of  God  as  often  as  the  infirmities  in  - 


MANUAL. 


13 

cident  to  “length  of  days”  will  permit.  If  you  may 
not  be  at  the  Sanctuary,  will  you,  at  this  hour  of  serv¬ 
ice,  in  your  prayer  room  remember  us  as  we  shall  re¬ 
member?  Your  Pastor  invokes  upon  you,  fervently, 
the  blessing  of  the  “Ancient  of  Days,”  that  the  prom¬ 
ise  of  His  word  may  be  fully  verified  to  you,  that  “at 
even  tide  it  shall  be  light.”  The  inspired  prayer  for 
the  Ephesian  Saints  (Eplis.  iii ;  14-21),  is  his  prayer  for 
you  all.  Beloved  Brethren,  let  us  live  nearer  to  God. 
Be  more  zealous  in  His  service;  more  cheerful  and 
hopeful;  make  more  of  our  high  relationship  as  “Sons 
of  God;”  trust  more  upon  the  bosom  of  infinite  love. 

Your  Pastor  affectionately  remembers  all  your 
kindness  in  the  past,  and  will  strive  to  serve  you  in 
the  Gospel  of  God’s  dear  Son.  I  wish  you  a  Happy 
New  Yrear.  Grace  be  with  you. 

Affectionately,  vour  Pastor, 

A.  R.  MATHES. 


List  of  Members. 


The  resident  membership,  as  nearly  as  can  be  ascer¬ 
tained,  is  given  herein.  Some  names  may  have  been 

inadvertentlv  omitted,  but  the  list  is  believed  to  be  in 
*/  * 

the  main  correct: 

Blackadore,  John  sr.  Brearley,  Mrs.  Maria  Y.  C. 
Blackadore,  Mrs.  ElizabethBrearley,  Miss  Anna  E. 
Blackadore,  Miss  Mary  E.  Brearley,  Miss  Anna 
Barrere,  Mrs.  Ellen  R.  Brokaw,  Mrs.  Mary  S. 

Bell,  Miss  Ella 
Coyner,  Mrs.  Eliza  E. 
Coyner,  Miss  Mary  E. 
Caughey,  Miss  Fannie 
Dickey,  Mrs.  L.  E, 


Brearley,  Samuel  sr. 
Culton,  R.  C. 

Culton,  Miss  Lida 
Coyner,  John  B. 
Cornelius,  Miss  Leona 


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MANUAL. 


Dorrence,  Mrs.  J. 
Dorrence,  Miss  Matie  S. 
Dewev,  Mrs.  A.  E. 

Dewey,  Mrs.  S.  M. 
Dickev,  Mr.  John 
Gardner,  Mrs.  Mary 
Grimshaw.  Mrs.  Hannah 
Hurst,  Mrs.  Anna  E. 
Hurst,  Mrs.  Anna  M. 
Henderson,  Mrs.  Elizab’h 
Harter,  Mr.  Josiah, 
Johnson,  Mrs.  Julia 
Kline,  H.  M. 

Lewis,  Mrs.  Mary  Ann 
Lewis,  Miss  Harriet 
Moore,  A.  C. 

Moore,  Mrs.  Jane 
Moore,  John  W. 

Moore,  Thomas  H. 

Moore,  Mrs.  Eachel 
Meek,  Mrs.  Anna  R. 
McCullogh,  Mrs.  Susan 
McCullogh,  Miss  Mary  J. 
Moir,  Mrs.  Eliza 
Moir,  Miss  Isabella 
Minnick,  Miss  Sarah  J. 
Nagle,  Mr.  George 
Nagle,  Mrs.  B.  K. 

Nagle,  Miss  Mary 
Navlor,  Mrs.  Hannah  S. 
Proctor,  J.  W. 

Proctor,  Mrs.  Antoinetta 
Proctor,  Miss  Fannie 
Prentiss,  Mrs.  Martha  A. 
Prentiss,  Miss  Erie  A. 
Robison,  John 
Robison,  Eliza 


Dickey,  Miss  Carrie  Y. 
Davis,  Mr.  R.  F. 

Davis,  Mrs.  A.  J. 

Drake,  Mrs.  Jane 
Drake,  Miss  Anna  E. 
George,  Miss  Mary 
George,  Miss  Jane 
Harter,  Mrs.  Marian 
Higbie,  Mrs.  Dora 
Havnes,  Mrs.  Mary 
Johnson,  Miss  J.  A. 
Johnson,  Miss  Lyda 
Kline,  Mrs.  Lucv 
Lane,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Messier,  Mrs.  Sarah  E. 
McCune,  Mrs.  Mary  J. 
Mavnard,Mrs  Phoebe  A.  B. 
Monroe,  John 
Monroe,  Mrs.  Margaret 
McKinstry,  Mrs.  Carrie 
Mathes,  Mrs.  A.  R. 
Messier,  Miss  Bertie  M. 
Messier,  Miss  Carrie  B. 
Monroe,  Miss  Tenie 
Mathes,  xArcliie  D. 

Mathes,  Adah  M. 

Nagle,  Miss  Lulu 
Nagle,  Miss  Christine 
Nagle,  Miss  Lucetta 
Prentiss,  Earnest  A. 
Prentiss,  Robert  C. 
Plattenburg,  Mrs.  Susie  G. 
Petty,  Miss  Isa  I. 
Rodenbaugh,  Mrs.  L.  A. 
Rainey,  Marian  S. 

Riffle,  Mrs  Marv 
Roos,  Lena 


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Rodenbaugh,  Mr.  J.  C. 
Stout,  Mrs.  Mary 
Stout,  Miss  Mollie  M. 
Stout,  Miss  Sophie 
Shrader,  Miss  Eliza 
Seavev,  Harriet 
vSavilh  E.  P. 

Snyder,  L.  G. 

Snyder,  Addie 
Saville,  Joseph 
Sexton,  Eliza 
Snyder,  M.  J. 

Sperry,  Jacob  L. 
Thompson,  James  M. 
Thompson,  Anna 
Thompson,  S.  McC. 
Thompson,  Miss  Kitty 
Thornton,  Mrs.  Mary 
Voorliees,  Oscar 
Yoorhees,  Mrs.  Ella  R. 
Voorhees,  Peterson 
Wilis.  Mrs.  Eliza 
Will,  Mrs.  Eliza  S. 
Wright,  Mrs.  L.  K. 
Yauger,  Nancy 

The  following  persons 
in  this  Church: 

Samuel  Mallory, 

Wm.  Proctor, 

Royal  Wright, 

Peter  Wester  field, 

Ezra  Fairchild, 

J ames  McPlieeters, 
Samuel  Miller, 

Dr.  Wm.  Sears, 

Samuel  Warnock, 

John  Blackadore, 


Sargent,  S.  M. 

Stevenson,  R.  B. 
Stevenson,  Maria  L. 

Speck,  James  R. 

Salisbury,  S.  J. 

Salisbury,  M.  E. 

Salisbury,  Miss  Sarah  J. 
Salisbury,  Miss  T.  B. 
Salisbury,  Maggie 
Salisbury,  Ida 
Salisburv,  Charles 
Suydam,  Calvin  W. 

Taylor,  Harriet, 

Taylor,  Margaret 
Taylor,  Charles  E. 

Taylor,  Andrew  J. 
Underwood,  Mrs.  M.  J. 
Yoorhees,  Mrs.  Ann  R. 
Yansycle,  Mrs.  M.  A. 

Wolf,  John 

Whitehouse,  Mrs.  Hannah 
Will,  Miss  Lulu 
Whitehead,  Savill 
Zimmer,  Mrs.  Marv. 

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have  been,  or  are  now7,  Elders 

Nathan  Jones, 

Robert  Taylor, 

Asaph  Rice, 

Samuel  G.  Wright, 

Geo.  H.  Briscoe, 

Ezra  Fairchild, 

Minor  Sherwood, 

R.  C.  Culton, 

Joseph  Alward, 

Wm.  McMullen, 


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MANUAL. 


J.  H.  Rodenbaugh, 
Samuel  Brearlev, 
J.  C.  Rodenbaugh, 
A.  DeClark, 


Christopher  Saunders, 
J.  W.  Proctor, 

R.  B.  Stevenson, 

Oscar  Yoorhees. 


Missionary  Concerts 


January,  Prayer  for  the  Conversion  of  the  World. 


February . China 

March . Mexico 

April . India 

May . Siam 

June . Western  Africa 

July, . Mission  among  the  Indians 

August . South  Africa 

September . Japan 

October . Persia 

November . Papal  Europe 

December . Africa 


Annual  Contribution. 


1.  Foreign  Missions . January 

2.  Bible  Society . February. 

3.  General  Assembly . March 

4.  SuSTENATION . APRIL 

5.  Publication . May. 

6.  Sabbath  School . J une. 

7.  Church  Erection . J uly. 

8.  Miscellaneous . ..August. 

9.  Ministerial  Relief . September. 

10.  Education  . . . . October. 

11.  Home  Missions . * . November. 

12.  Freedmen . December. 


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